full control over Korea, while Korean Emperor Sunjong refused to sign. For his cooperation with the Japanese, Ye is also listed in Korea amongst the eight Gyeongsul Traitors. He was rewarded with a peerage in the Japanese kazoku system, becoming a hakushaku (Count), in 1910, which was raised to the title of kōshaku (Marquis) in 1921. He died in 1926. Legacy After the independence of Korea at the end of World War II, the grave of Ye was dug up and his remains suffered the posthumous dismemberment, which is often considered to be the most disgraceful punishment in Confucian ideology. Ye's name has become a byword for "traitor" in contemporary South Korea. However, Seo Jae-pil's Dongnip Sinmun (Independence Newspaper) never wrote a single line of criticism against him. The South Korean Special law to redeem pro-Japanese collaborators' property was enacted in 2005 and the committee confiscated the property of the descendants of nine people that had collaborated with Japan when Korea was annexed by Japan in August 1910. Ye is one of those heading the list. Family Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandfather Ye Yu-gyeong (이유경, 李有敬) (1586 - 1663) Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandfather Ye Heub (이흡, 李翖) (? - 1637) Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandmother Lady Oh of the Dongbok Oh clan (동복 오씨, 同福 吳氏) (? - 1637); daughter of Oh Baek-ryeong (오백령, 吳百齡; 1560 - 1633) Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandfather Ye Man-seong (이만성, 李晩成) (1659 - 1722) Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandmother Lady Kim of the Andong Kim clan (안동 김씨, 安東 金氏[新]) (1659 - 1703); daughter of Kim Su-heung (김수흥, 金壽興; 1626 - 1690) Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandfather Ye Gu (이구, 李絿) (1688 - ?) Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandmother Lady Jeong of the Dongrae Jeong clan (동래 정씨, 東萊 鄭氏) Great-Great-Great-Grandfather Ye Myeong-bin (이명빈, 李命彬) Great-Great-Grandfather Ye Roe (이뢰, 李耒) (1733 - 1756) Great-Great-Grandmother Lady Yun of the Haepyeong Yun clan (해평 윤씨, 海平 尹氏) (1732 - 1809) Great-Grandfather Ye Gwang-yeob (이광엽, 李光燁) Adoptive Great-Grandfather - Ye Gwang-yu (이광유, 李光裕) (1761 - 1800) Adoptive Great-Grandmother - Lady Kim of the Andong Kim clan (안동 김씨, 安東 金氏); daughter of Kim Yi-in (김이인, 金履仁) Grandfather Ye Gyu (이규,李圭) Adoptive Grandfather - Yi Sik (이식, 李埴) (1777 - ?) Adoptive Grandmother - Lady Hwang of the Changwon Hwang clan (창원 황씨, 昌原 黃氏); daughter of Hwang In-do (황인도, 黃仁燾; 1740 - ?) Father Ye Ho-seok (이호석, 李鎬奭) or Ye Seok-jun (이석준, 李奭俊) Adoptive father - Ye Hyo-jun (이호준, 李鎬俊) (1821 - 1901) Mother Lady Shin (신씨, 辛氏) (? - 1893) Adoptive mother -